re: What are you telling your kids about getting a degree/career?

I can say for a fact that my bachelor's in Microbiology would have done almost nothing for me. Had I gone for a Master's I wouldn't have been in any better of a position. I went straight to a PhD and am working on it now, and I honestly feel like I have no other choice if I want to be the supporter in my family, haha. Even then, faculty jobs only start around $40k and it's the lucky ones who see six figure salaries decades into the job.